Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling traffic of a second electronic device, which interworks with a first electronic device, in the first electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of an event which needs to be notified to the second electronic device, determining a time to notify the occurrence of the event based on a driving time of the second electronic device, and transmitting an event occurrence notification signal to the second electronic device at the determined notification time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and a User Equipment (UE) for controlling access to location information about the UE are provided. The UE includes a controller configured, upon sensing access to the location information about the UE by an application operating in an operating system (OS) of the UE, to match a rule defining access authorization of the application to the location information, and to determine whether to allow or deny access of the application to the location information based on the access authorization, and a display configured to display a screen under control of the controller.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling traffic of a second electronic device, which interworks with a first electronic device, in the first electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of an event which needs to be notified to the second electronic device, determining a time to notify the occurrence of the event based on a driving time of the second electronic device, and transmitting an event occurrence notification signal to the second electronic device at the determined notification time.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing an internet service by a server in a communication system. A user interface for selecting whether to provide a search service based on location information of a subscriber station, is provided to the subscriber station. If the subscriber station selects to be provided the search service based on the location information, the location information of the subscriber station is acquired using a location information server or a cell identifier (ID) according to an existence of the location information server in the communication system. Data is sought based on the location information. The data is provided to the subscriber station.

Abstract: A method for transmitting information in an inter-terminal communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining any information by a terminal, determining whether the obtained information is shared information, and transmitting, when the obtained information is the shared information, an advertisement signal including the shared information to another terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for providing a wireless data communication service using Internet protocol. The apparatus includes a connection manager (CM) which periodically receives network information from a base station, and updates and stores the received network information; and an application unit which receives preset network information according to each application among the network information from the connection manager, and performs a function according to each application.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for transmitting power transmitting unit (PTU) presence information is provided. The method includes receiving an advertisement message from a power receiving unit (PRU); determining whether a current state is a state that power is supplied to a resonator; and outputting PTU presence information indicating that a PTU exists, or transmitting the PTU presence information to a management server, if the current state is the state that the power is not supplied to the resonator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Provided is a method and apparatus for supporting interworking between devices by using short-range communication.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to method and device for executing a function, the method for executing a function in a relay device may include: receiving, from a plurality of electronic devices, capability value information on at least one function executable in each of the plurality of electronic devices; determining at least one electronic device to perform the at least one function based on the received capability value information; and transmitting at least one command message instructing an execution of the at least one function to the at least one electronic device.

Abstract: A method of managing application packages installed in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes detecting an application package which meets a condition for changing a state into an inactive state among the application packages and, if the detected application package is in the active state, changing a user interface corresponding to the detected application package to indicate the inactive state of the application package and displaying the changed user interface on a user screen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a base station, and to a terminal connection method for the base station. The terminal connection method for the base station according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of connecting to a terminal; an information extracting step of extracting information for determining a timeout value of the connection of the terminal when the connection to the terminal is completed; and a time-out setting step of setting a time-out value of the terminal according to the extracted information. According to the one embodiment of the present invention, the base station may efficiently utilize resources and overhead expenses for connection setup may be reduced.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for collecting medium data items are provided. The apparatuses include a portable terminal which collects medium data items determined to be related to a particular event under a search condition according to an occurrence time of the particular event and classifies the collected medium data items records for the particular event.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting to a wireless communication system is provided. The apparatus includes a controller configured to, when it is determined to restrict a connection to a base station, set base stations which are detected during a first reference time as connection candidate base stations, set any base station which fails to be detected during a second reference time as one or more base stations to be excluded from connection, and select at least one base station except for the one or more base stations to be excluded from connection from among the connection candidate base stations, and a transmitter configured to transmit a connection request signal to the selected base station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and a User Equipment (UE) for controlling access to location information about the UE are provided. The UE includes a controller configured, upon sensing access to the location information about the UE by an application operating in an operating system (OS) of the UE, to match a rule defining access authorization of the application to the location information, and to determine whether to allow or deny access of the application to the location information based on the access authorization, and a display configured to display a screen under control of the controller.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling traffic of a second electronic device, which interworks with a first electronic device, in the first electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of an event which needs to be notified to the second electronic device, determining a time to notify the occurrence of the event based on a driving time of the second electronic device, and transmitting an event occurrence notification signal to the second electronic device at the determined notification time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for setting information in a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal detects country information from subscriber identification information of a user of the mobile terminal, and sets at least one information to be used in the mobile terminal based on the detected country information.

Abstract: A method of providing contents in a communication system by a proxy server includes selecting one of a first content and a second content based on a first channel bandwidth usable by a terminal and a second channel bandwidth usable by a base station; and providing the selected content to the terminal, wherein the first content requires a wider channel bandwidth than a channel bandwidth of the second content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for providing an advertisement based on content buffering time. The device for providing an advertisement according to the present invention includes: a calculation unit calculating an expected buffering time for content selected by a user, a selection unit selecting at least one of a plurality of advertisements that corresponds to the calculated expected buffering time; and a providing unit providing the advertisement selected by the selection unit to a user terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing messages. The terminal message processing method According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for processing terminal messages used by the apparatus for processing terminal messages can include the steps of: receiving a message from an application of the terminal; determining whether the message is from a pre-registered registration application; when the message is from the registration application, determining whether the message is a control message; and when the message is not from the registration application, transmitting the message to a device for processing server messages. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a message processing apparatus and method for reducing the transmission and reception of a control message for an application are provided, and battery consumption is reduced.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing an internet service by a server in a communication system. A user interface for selecting whether to provide a search service based on location information of a subscriber station, is provided to the subscriber station. If the subscriber station selects to be provided the search service based on the location information, the location information of the subscriber station is acquired using a location information server or a cell identifier (ID) according to an existence of the location information server in the communication system. Data is sought based on the location information. The data is provided to the subscriber station.